The Objectors of World War I
- Refused to fight in World War I for their own religious or moral reasons CONFLICT
At first...
- Forced to go off to war
- Ended up imprisoned in military facilities: Fort Lewis, Alcatraz Island, Fort Leavenworth
- Treated terribly; small rations, physically abused, solitary confinement, experimented on
- Espionage and Sedition Acts CONFLICT
Then...
- Alternate non-combat activities were found for them to do COMPROMISE
- Laborers, cooks, medical orderly, ambulance driver, stretcher bearer
- However, absolute COs refused to do anything, sent to camps
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